Welcome! A blog, run by Jennifer Abell, Member of the Charles County Board of Education, involving topics and issues on education and children. Comments are not official communications of the Charles County School Board but are a personal effort to be more transparent. Both complimentary comments and constructive criticism are not only appreciated but encouraged.
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SCHOOL RELATED INCIDENTS

Events listed below are reported to me by the general public and are NOT obtained through my position as a board of education member. Report an incident HERE or 301-659-4112, include school, date, and incident (no names)

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

The below notes are my personal notes and are not intended to be all-inclusive or official minutes for the Board of Education meetings and are provided as a request from my supporters and the general public in a personal effort to be more transparent. Although I have diligently tried to make these notes as unbiased and accurate as possible, I am only human and do make mistakes. Please follow-up for official minutes upon approval. For copies of printed reports presented visit Board Docs.

Public Forum

Male - Substitute teacher for two years. 749 subs in system. Use about 400 daily. 9-10% absentee rate. Teachers paid leave and sick time equals approx. one month out of classroom. Suggests permanent qualified substitutes and a higher pay scale.

Action - Approval of Minutes from 6/12/07 and 6/25/07; motion divided

*Vote to approve 6/12/07 minutes

Unanimous (Cook abstained)

PASSED

*Vote to approve 6/25/07 minutesUnanimous (Pedersen abstained)PASSED

Correspondence/Board Member Updates

None

Report – Superintendent – Jim Richmond

260 new teachers in orientation this week; 50 openings remaining

3 day Leadership Institute successful

60 staff from tri-county attended Space Institute

Summer Reading and Math Academies successful

Televised Board meetings and broadcast studio ready 9/11

Parent-to-School Program available in Nov.

Activity Bus Transportation

Opening of 8th middle school, Davis, 98% complete

Report – EACC – Bill Fisher

New location and number

AttendNEA assembly in Philadelphia; main topic was NCLB and impact on educators

Anonymous,Actually, CCPS has come out with a very nice guide on "Resolving School Concerns and Complaints". There should be a copies available at all the schools. First the informal complaints...teacher, school administration, then Starkey Administration. Formal complaints begin with Starkey Administration where a Concern Form will be completed, then on to the Deputy Superintendent. Please see the guide for specific details.

I would like some statistics on how many African American High School students have been expelled from school versus white students and if you don't have the answer where can I locate this information?

Anonymous,Okay, here you go...06-07 School Year17 Expulsions from CCPSOut of the 17, 15 were African American and 2 were Caucasian. Additionally, out of the 17 expulsions, 12 students were all involved in the same incident.

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All posts prior to November 4, 2014 are by authority of Charles Alan Denman, Treasurer